"Companion, I am afraid of you."
Now Rattlesnake had a stew of rats on the fire, and he placed some before Coyote. But Coyote said,
"I do not understand your food. I cannot eat it because I do not understand it."
Rattlesnake insisted upon his eating, but Coyote refused. He said,
"If you put some of the flower of the corn on my head, I will eat. I understand that food."
The snake took some corn pollen, but he pretended to be afraid of Coyote and stood off some distance. Coyote said,
"Come nearer and place it on top my head."
Snake replied, "I am afraid of you."
Coyote said, "Come nearer. I am not bad."
Then the snake came closer and put the pollen on top of Coyote's head.